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Tunde Adebimpe
Tunde Adebimpe
American musician, actor, director and visual artist
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Nevermen
Nevermen
American musical band
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Holly Miranda
Holly Miranda
American musician
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Tinariwen
Tinariwen
tuareg band from mali
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Black Kids
Black Kids
band
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
American indie rock band
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Interpol
Interpol
American rock band from New York City
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
American post-hardcore band
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Jneiro Jarel
Jneiro Jarel
American rapper
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The Go! Team
The Go! Team
British band
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Karen Lee Orzolek
Karen Lee Orzolek
American singer and musician
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The National
The National
American indie rock band
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Santigold
Santigold
American singer and songwriter
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Wavves
Wavves
band
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Tame Impala
Tame Impala
Australian psychedelic rock group
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Weezer
Weezer
alternative rock band from the United States
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Kelis
Kelis
American singer–songwriter
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The Faint
The Faint
band
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Bon Iver
Bon Iver
American indie folk band
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AlunaGeorge
AlunaGeorge
British pop music duo
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Massive Attack
Massive Attack
British trip hop band
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Fucked Up
Fucked Up
Canadian hardcore punk band
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Helmet
Helmet
American alternative metal band
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Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub
British band
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
American industrial rock band
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Oh Sees
Oh Sees
American rock band
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
British rock band from Glasgow
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Klaxons
Klaxons
English band
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Ra Ra Riot
Ra Ra Riot
American indie rock band
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Cynic
Cynic
American band
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Passion Pit
Passion Pit
American electropop band
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Surfer Blood
Surfer Blood
American indie rock band
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Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
American rock group
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
American indie folk band
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MGMT
MGMT
American band
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The Futureheads
The Futureheads
band
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Little Comets
Little Comets
English indie rock group
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Escape the Fate
Escape the Fate
American rock band
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The Band Perry
The Band Perry
American country music group
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Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr.
American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984
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An Horse
An Horse
Australian rock band
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Brand New
Brand New
American Rock band
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LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
American alternative dance band
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Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors
American rock group
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Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls
American rock band
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Black Tide
Black Tide
american heavy metal band
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Mogwai
Mogwai
Scottish post-rock band
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Minus the Bear
Minus the Bear
band that plays alternative rock
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Gerard Way
Gerard Way
American musician and comic book writer
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Hot Chip
Hot Chip
British electronic music band
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Disclosure
Disclosure
band
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Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls
American band from Brooklyn
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Subtle
Subtle
band
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Rooney
Rooney
American rock band
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Unwritten Law
Unwritten Law
American rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California
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Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
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The Pretty Reckless
The Pretty Reckless
American hard rock band
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Garbage
Garbage
rock band from the United States
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The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs
band
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N.E.R.D
N.E.R.D
American rock, funk, and hip hop band
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
American and New Zealand rock band
TV on the Radio
American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001

TV on the Radio

Intro
American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001
Awards Received
Shortlist Music Prize
News
Members, past and present

TV on the Radio is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001. The band consists of Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, loops), David Andrew Sitek (guitars, keyboards, loops), Kyp Malone (vocals, guitars, bass, loops), and Jaleel Bunton (drums, bass, vocals, loops, guitars). Gerard Smith (bass, keyboards, loops) was a member of the band from 2005 until his death in 2011.

To date, the band has released five studio albums: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004), Return to Cookie Mountain (2006), Dear Science (2008), Nine Types of Light (2011), and Seeds (2014), alongside several EPs.